Early
in the year 1751, the following advertisement was issued: "On
Friday next will be published, price one shilling each, Two large
Prints, designed and etched by Mr. Hogarth, called Beer-Street and
Gin-Lane. A number will be printed in a better manner for the
curious at 1s. 6d. each. And on Thursday following will be
published Four Prints on the subject of Cruelty. Price and
size the same. N. B. As the subjects of these
Prints are calculated to to reform some reigning vices peculiar to the
lower class of people, in hopes to render them of more extensive use,
the author has published them in the cheapest manner possible.
To be had at the Golden Head in Leicester Fields, where may
be had all his other works."

William Hogarth

British Artist and Engraver

Gin Lane.

Engraving, published 1751

Source:
Hogarth's Works published by J. Dicks, 313 The Strand, London.
Circa 1880.